It
was a slow day. After the destruction of the Saint's Cradle as well
as capturing the main instigator, Jail Scaglietti as well as his
combat cyborgs couple of months ago, life at RF6 had become very
routine. Some might even say it was boring, with nothing to do except
train and doing paperwork. Thankfully, none of this was ever said in
earshot of any of the higher ups.

The day seemed to be like
any other but for one Lieutenant Colonel Yagami Hayate, it was
different. Today, it was her birthday and yet, it seemed like no one
remembered it at all. She could understand if most of the personal in
base did not know her birthday since she wasn't particularly close to
them. But surely the people from Long Arch as well as the younger
members from Stars and Lightning, not to mention her friends and
knights, should have remembered.

It was the same at the Saint
Church. Not even the ones she considers her older siblings seemed to
remember it was her birthday today. Even the others from the various
different departments in the TSAB like her Oji-chan, Aurion, had not
shown any signs of knowing that it was her birthday and this made her
a bit sad even if she did not showed it outwardly.

As she
brooded a little over this in her office, she was startled when her
stomach growled, informing her that it was already a little over
dinner time. Wondering where Rein was and why did she not inform her
that it was time for dinner, she belated remembered that Rein had
stopped by Shari's lab for some routine maintance. Hoping that she
wasn't too late to catch a bite at the base's cafeteria, she locked
up her office and proceeded at a brisk pace.

Along the way
however, she started feeling slightly uneasy since it was quiet. Too
quiet. As it was never this quiet even at this hour, she reached down
her shirt for Schwertkreuz and tried to call for Nanoha, Fate or
Keroko. Tried being the operative word since there was no answer at
all. Trying to contact any of the rest resulted in the same response,
nothing at all. Calling up her Knight grab and transforming
Schwertkreuz to its staff form, she headed, cautiously, to her
original destination, the cafeteria.

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The
cafeteria was very dark she discovered as she opened the doors with
the only source of light shining in from the corridor behind her.
Taking a step forward, she suddenly found herself bound by several
magical binds. Scared out of her wits, she took a deep breathe to let
lose a mighty scream when...

"SURPRISE!!!"

...
the entire cafeteria was illuminated, revealing all her friends,
acquaintances and most of the base personal at which she utter a
highly undignified squeak, causing everyone to laugh at her.

"Mou!!
You guys scared me!! I thought I was under attack." Hayate
complain with a slight pout. "Also, Aurion, do you mind
releasing me?"

"Well, we did ambushed you with a
surprise party. Happy birthday by the way." answered Aurion with
a grin as he released her from the binds. Everyone took this as a
signal to get the birthday party well underway. "And how did you
know I was the one binding you anyway?"

Timing her
response well, she acted as if in thought until he took a drink from
his cup and was rewarded with a classic spit take, much to the
annoyances for some of the party goers, when she answered him with a
wicked grin. "You're the only one who likes to bind nubile,
young girls like me, Oji-chan!"

"That was mean."
he complained as he recovered from his slight choking fit.

"So
was scaring me like that." she countered.

Deciding to
stop the teasing before it got any wilder, the trio of Nanoha, Fate
and Keroko decided to step in.

"Sorry to interrupt
things, but we think Hayate really needs to get something to eat,"
apologized Fate with a slight smile on her face.

"Ya. I
could practically hear her stomach growling," continued
Keroko.

Much to her embarrassment, Hayate's stomach did growl,
loudly, once Keroko finished her statement. Before Hayate can get any
redder, Nanoha started pulling Hayate towards the area where the
Forwards are and incidentally where the refreshment table was
located.

"I see or rather hear what you mean."
replied Aurion with a rather irritating grin. "Better hurry
before she starves to death."

"So we'll see you
later then" answered Nanoha and as Aurion turn to converse with
another party goer, Hayate managed to catch the others' eyes and they
finish Nanoha's sentence with a loud and enthusiastic "

OJI-CHAN!!"
causing Aurion to spit take into Director Tsuzuki's face, who was his
current conversation partner.

Laughing at their successful
prank, the four moved towards the Forwards where a small plate laden
with food was handed over to Hayate by Vivio who took the chance to
wish her a happy birthday along with Ginga.

"Thank you for helping me look after her Ginga,"
a grateful Nanoha mentioned.

"It was nothing Nanoha-san.
She is very well behaved and she has wonderful manners." Turning
to look at Subaru who seemed to be pigging out with Erio at the
refreshment table, while Teana and Caro are talking quietly while
shaking their heads at those two eating machines, she continues,
"Quite unlike my sister over there. I thought I taught her
better than this. Sorry for my sister's lack of manners Lt. Colonel
Yagami."

"Its okay Ginga, I don't really mind. And
just call me Hayate. Its a party not a formal event, relax."

"Okay
Hayate-san."

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While
eating her food, Hayate noticed that some people are missing and
wondering where they were, she asked Nanoha if she knew. In response,
Nanoha simply gestured towards Chrono, who graciously guided Hayate
to a row of seats, that was being setup by the brothers Smith and
Wesson, in front of a stage where Acous is currently standing at. A
few moments later, she was joined by Carim, Sister Schach, Mai and
some other friends. Seeing that most people are seated, Acous called
for everyone's attention and made an announcement.

"Thank
you everyone for coming to celebrate our little sister, Hayate's
birthday with us!" Acous cheerfully announced to the crowd. "Now
that most of you had something to eat, we'll be starting the
entertainment for this evening. As Nee-san is a little shy, I'll be
the MC for tonight's entertainment! Allow me introduce our first act
for tonight. They will be performing a classic song, with certain
modifications to the lyrics, from Hayate's birth world. Ladies and
gentlemen, please welcome, Signum, Tesla, Vita, Shamal, Zafira and
Reinforce Zwei! I give you, the Wolkenritter!"

As their
names were announced, each of them appeared on stage in their
costumes, causing a lot of wolf whistles and laughter. Sensing an
opportunity like never before, Vice quickly took out his camera and
start snapping pictures like there was no tomorrow. Standing on stage
with differing expressions of embarrassment (or in two cases
amusement) on their faces, they started dancing to the beat when the
disco music came on.

Stepping up to the forefront first is
Tesla in a heavily modified version of an Enforcer's uniform except
its white, tight and rather revealing. With a rosy blush adorning her
face, she started singing in her clear voice, "Young girl,
there's no need to feel down. I said, young girl, pick yourself off
the ground. I said, young girl, 'cause you're in a new town, there's
no need to be unhappy~!"

Stepping up to the plate next
was Vita, wearing just coveralls that just manages to cover her
chest, a miniature Graf Eisen tucked into her belt and a white safety
hat with the stars squad's emblem on it. With her face almost as red
as her hair, she continued with the next verse. "Young girl,
there's a place you can go. I said, young girl, when you're short on
your dough. You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find, many ways
to have a good time~!"

As the next part comes about, the
rest joined Vita at the front, singing the chorus in unison. "It's
fun to stay at the T-S-A-B~! It's fun to stay at the
T-S-A-B~!"

Acting out the letters when they sang it, some
of them managed to show quite a bit of of their legs much to the
delight of most of the guys, only to have their smiles dashed by the
next verse. "They have everything for you girls to enjoy, you
can forget about all the guys~!"

"It's fun to stay
at the T-S-A-B~! It's fun to stay at the T-S-A-B~! You can get
yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal, you can do whatever you
feel~!"

While the rest danced backwards, only Signum
remained at the front singing the next line, "Young girl, are
you listening to me~?" With her current attire consisting of a
pair of extremely tight, body hugging black leather pants, equally
tight black leather bra, a short, sleeveless, opened black leather
jacket, a leather cap in black as well and a dark pair of sunglasses
with her hair down and unrestrained, it was certain that no one was
listening to her.

"I said, young girl, what do you want
to be? I said, young girl, you can make real your dreams. But you got
to know this one thing~!"

As the blaze general moved back
to join the other knights at the rear, Shamal moved forward with a
cheerful step, clearing enjoying herself. Dressed in a more daring
version of Sister Schach's usual dress, with a skirt that just barely
covers her panties, she locates Hayate and gave her a wink as she
sang. "No one does it all by herself."

Then pointing
a finger at her, she directed the next few verses at Hayate. "I
said, young girl, put your pride on the shelf, and just go there, to
the T-S-A-B. I'm sure they can help you today~!"

As the
Wolkenritter gather together again for the chorus, they could feel
the happiness of their mistress, who was clearly enjoying their act.
This made them feel better for keeping up the deception of pretending
to forget her birthday ... although they wish Shamal and Rein had
chosen less embarrassing costumes for them. Finishing the chorus,
Zafira took his turn to sing and his appearance made many laugh
loudly.

Dressed in rather baggy clothes in contrast to the
rest, he cut a not-so-impressive figure with the pimp cane in his
left hand, the stripped pants, opened shirt showing his 'manly'
chest, large amounts of gaudy rings and necklaces and quite a lot of
glitter. Despite this, he managed to sing rather well. "Young
girl, I was once in your shoes. I said, I was down and out with the
blues. I felt no one cared if I were alive. I felt the whole world
was so tight~!"

As the final singer, Reinforce Zwei (in
full sized mode), was welcomed by multiple squeals of "Kawaii!"
Looking very much like a smaller, tribal version of her predecessor
with the feathers and clothes, she was however undeniably much cuter,
especially with the adorable feathered headdress and blue tribal
markings on her smiling face. With no hesitation at all, she sang the
next line. "That's when, someone came up to me, and said, young
girl, take a walk up the street. There's a place there called the
T-S-A-B. They can start you back on your way~!"

And with
that final verse, they all launched into the chorus enthusiastically,
some of them secure in the knowledge that their humiliation is about
to end. "It's fun to stay at the T-S-A-B~! It's fun to stay at
the T-S-A-B~! They have everything for you girls to enjoy, you can
forget about all the guys~!"

"It's fun to stay at
the T-S-A-B~! It's fun to stay at the T-S-A-B~! You can get yourself
cleaned, you can have a good meal, you can do whatever you
feel~!"

"T-S-A-B!!" They finished and settled
into their final pose with Vita and Rein at the front, hands spread
in front and the other four behind them and their arms in the
air.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Wolkenritter!!"
Acous announced and the sound of all the cheers and applause rocked
the entire cafeteria. As the noise begin to subside, Acous made
another announcement. "Are all of you having fun? If so, just
stay where you are for this is not the only act tonight!! There's
plenty more to go!"

And so the party continued.

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A
few hours later, after the party has ended, the cafeteria cleaned and
the guests have left, the cloud knights helped carry their mistress's
presents back to her room. Bidding her a good night, they left for
their quarters, to sleep and prepare the next day. As Hayate lay in
her bed, the last thought she had was that this was a wonderful day.

I hope you like it though I didn't
really write it.

Disclaimer : I do not own MGLN in
any way whatsoever.

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